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INCORPORATED 1880 



CHARTER AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



ENGINEERS' SOCIETY 



...OF... 



WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA 



803 FULTON BUILDING 

PITTSBURGH, PA. 



470 J3g 

ECEMBER 19. 1906 





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CHARTER 

As Amended at the Special Meeting of the Society, 
November 26,1906. 




A\ e, the subscribers hereto, citizens of the Commonwealth 
of Penns3dvania, desirous of acquiring and enjoying the powers 
and immunities of a corporation, or a body politic in law, do 
hereby associate ourselves under the articles, conditions, and 
for the objects, and in the name, style and title herein set forth : 

ARTICLE I. 

This corporation shall be styled and named and bear 
the title of "ENGINEERS' SOCIETY OF WESTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA." 

ARTICLE II. 

The object of this corporation shall be the advancement 
of engineering in its several branches, the professional im- 
provement of its members, and the encouragement of social 
intercourse among men of practical science. 

ARTICLE III. 

Among the means to be employed for attaining these 
ends, shall be periodic meetings for the discussion of scientific 
subjects and social intercourse, the reading of professional 
papers and excursions to examine objects of engineering 
interest. 



ARTICLE IV. 

The offices of the said corporation shall be located in the 
city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County^ Pennsylvania. 

ARTICLE V. 

Said corporation shall exist perpetually. 

ARTICLE VI. 

The officers of said corporation shall be a President, two 
Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and six Directors. 
The Directors shall be elected for a term of three years, two of 
^hem being elected each year. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Said corporation is a corporation not for profit, and has 
no capital stock and no shares of stock. 

It shall have power to take and hold property, real or per- 
sonal, by devise, bequest or gift, either absolute or conditional. 
And it shall have power to acquire by purchase or in any other 
way, such properties, real or personal, not exceeding the 
amounts allowed by law, as shall be deemed needful, conven- 
ient or expedient in carrying out the purposes for which said 
corporation exists, and hold, use, lease, sell and convey, or 
otherwise dispose of, the same or any part thereof, and to 
employ the proceeds in furthering the interests and objects 
and carrying on the work for which it exists. 




Incorporated 1880 



Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania 



BY-LAWS 

Adopted at the 2 70th Regular Monthly Meeting of the Society, 
December 18, 1906. 



ARTICLE 1 

MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 1. All persons of good moral character engaged 
in scientific, mechanical or professional pursuits pertaining to 
engineering, shall be eligible to membership in this corpora- 
tion. 

Section 2. The Corporate Members of this Society shall 
be designated as Honorary Members and Active Members. 
There may also be connected with the Society Juniors and 
Associates, who shall be entitled to all the privileges of the 
Society except the right to vote and hold office therein. 

Section 3. An Honorary IMember shall be a person of 
acknowledged, eminence in some branch of applied science, 
who has rendered some distinguished service to the engineer- 
ing profession. 



Section 4. An Active Alember shall be one activelv en- 
gaged in, or who has had past experience in, the practice of 
engineering. He shall, at the time of admission to member- 
ship, be at least 25 years of age and shall have been in the 
active practice of his profession at least five years. Graduation 
from a technical school shall be considered equivalent to two 
years active practice. The performance of the duties of a 
Professor of any of the applied sciences or the editing of a 
technical publication shall be accepted as equivalent to an 
equal number of years of active practice. 

Section 5. A Junior shall have had active practice in 
some branch of applied science for at least two years, or have 
been a student of the same for an equal period in a school of 
recognized standing. He shall be not less than 18 years of 
age and shall be a person who is not eligible as an Active 
Member at the time of his election. 

Section 6. An Associate shall be a person interested in 
the advancement of technical or scientific knowledge or pur- 
suits, who is not eligible to active membership. He shall be 
not less than 25 years of age. 

Section 7. All the rights and privileges of membership 
in this Society shall be deemed and be personal to the IMern- 
ber, and shall not be transferable or transmissible either by 
act of such member or by operation of law. 

ARTICLE H. 

ADMISSION TO SOCIETY. 

Section 1. Honorary ]\Iembers, whose total number at 
any one time shall not exceed ten, shall be proposed by at least 
ten Corporate Members. The proposal shall be submitted to 
the Board of Direction, and, if unanimously endorsed by 
them, it shall be deferred to the Society for action. The vote 
shall be by letter ballot and shall require an affirmative vote 
of nine-tenths of the ballots cast to elect. 

Section 2. Application for admission shall be made on 
blanks prescribed by the Board of Direction, shall contain a 
statement of the age, nativity and professional experience of 



the applicant and an ao:reemcnt tliat he will conform to the 
reqnirenient of membership if elected. It shall be sio;ned by 
the applicant. It shall be accompanied by a deposit of $5.00 
which shall be applied on his dues on election or returned if 
he is not elected. 

Sectiox 3. Applicants for admission as Active Members, 
Juniors, or Associate, or for transfer from Junior to Active 
membership, shall furnish the names of at least three Corpor- 
ate Members as references. 

Section 4. Applicants so situated as to be unable to give 
the required number of members as references, may be elected 
if the Board, upon inquiry, is satisfied they are worthv of ad- 
mission to the grade they desire. 

Section 5. Applications acceptable to the Board of Di- 
rection shall be published to the Society by letter at least two 
weeks before being brought before the Board for final action, 
that the members may have opportunity to communicate any 
information they may have regarding the applicant. 

Section 6. Election to Active membership, or as a Jun- 
ior, or Associate, shall be made by the Board of Direction. A 
majority vote of those present shall be required to elect. 

Section 7. Membership shall be dated from the time of 
election. If any applicant shall fail to pay within three (3) 
months from the time of his election the entrance fee and the 
amount of dues payable for the year after the date above 
mentioned the election shall be void and the deposit made by 
the applicant forfeited to the Society. 

Section 8. Each member shall forthwith, upon the adop- 
tion of this By-Law, and each new member immediately upon 
his election, furnish to the Secretary his mail address to which 
all notices and communication shall be sent, and shall prompt- 
ly notify the Secretary of any change in such address ; and a 
communication properly mailed to such address shall be suffi- 
cient for all purposes of notice. 

Section 9. A rejected candidate may secure a reconsid- 
eration of the vote^upon which he was rejected, if seven Cor- 

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porate ]\Iembers petition the Board of Direction to that effect, 
stating their reasons for the request. If the Board deems 
the reasons sufficient, it shall reconsider the vote upon which 
the applicant was formerly rejected. 

Section 10. A member in good standing of any 'grade 
in the Society may resign his membership by a w^ritten coni- 
munication to the Board of Direction. 

ARTICLE III. 

SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION. 

Section 1. Upon the writen request of five Corporate 
Members that, for cause therein set forth, a member of the 
Society be expelled or suspended, the Board, ii it shall deem 
such cause sufficient, shall consider the charges at a meeting 
specially called for that purpose, of the time and place of which 
the accused member shall be given not less than five days' 
notice, either personally or by letter mailed to his mail ad- 
dress, together with a copy of the charges made against him, 
at which meeting such accused member may be present^ancj^ 
make such defense as he may desire. If the Board find tHc 
charges sustained, it shall notify the accused member of such 
finding and shall require of him that the cause for such charges 
be removed, or the resignation of such accused member ten- 
dered, within one month from the time of such notice. If 
such cause is not, to the satisfaction of the Board, removed, 
or such resignation tendered, within said period, the Board 
may, in its discretion, suspend or expel said member, by a 
unanimous vote of the members of the Board present at a 
meeting specially called for that purpose. 

Section 2. If a member shall not have paid his annual 
dues by July first in any year he shall not receive the sub- 
sequent issues of the Society's Proceedings. Delinquents, 
whose dues are in arrears one year or more, shall not be en- 
titled to vote or hold office. Delinquents whose dues are in 
arrears two years or more may be dropped from the rolls by 
the Board, notice of such intended action having- been sent 
to the mail address of any such delinquent at least thirty days 



previous to such action and such deHnquency still existing. 
The Board shall have authority to extend the time of payment 
or remit in part or in whole the dues of any member. 

Section 3. Any member suspended or expelled from the 
Society under Section 1 of this Article shall not be re-admitted 
to membership unless the original cause for such suspension 
or expulsion shall have been removed to the satisfaction of the 
Board of Direction. Any member dropped from the rolls 
under Section 2 of this Article shall not be re-admitted to 
membership until all his indebtedness to the Society is satis- 
fied. 

ARTICLE IV. 

DUES FINANCE. 

Section 1. The Entrance fee to be paid by Active Mem- 
bers and Associates, and upon transfer from Junior to either 
of the above grades, shall be $10.00; provided, that a member 
whose resignation has been accepted shall not be obliged to 
pay another entrance fee upon rejoining the Society. 

Section 2. All members, whose mailing address is within 
thirty-five miles of the Allegheny County Court House, shall 
be considered as Resident, those whose address is beyond that 
limit as Non-Resident. The classification of members, as 
Resident and Non-Resident, shall be made for the fiscal year, 
upon January 1st, from the Society's records. 

Section 3. The annual dues shall be payable on January 
1st, in advance. Resident Active Members and Resident As- 
sociates shall pay $10.00 per annum ; Junior Members shall 
pay $5.00 per annum for not more than seven years, after 
which period their dues shall be the same as Active Members; 
Non-Resident Active Members and Non-Resident Associates 
shall pay $5.00 per annum. 

Section 4. New members shall be exempt from payment 
of that portion of the annual dues for the quarters preceding 
their election. 

Section 5. An Active Member, not in arrears, may, by 
the payment of $150.00 at any one time, become a Life Mem- 

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ber, and, thereafter, be relieved of the payment of annual dues. 

Section 6. Each person admitted to the Society shall be 
considered as belonging thereto and liable for the payment 
of all dues, until he shall have resigned, been expelled, or 
have been relieved therefrom by the Board of Direction. 

Skctiox 7. All entrance fees and Life membership fees 
shall be placed in a fund called the Permanent Fund. This fund 
shall be invested and the income only used for the payment of 
general expenses. 

Section 8. All moneys received from other than Entrance 
fees, Life membership fees and those given for special pur- 
poses, shall be placed in the General Fund, from which all cur- 
rent expenses of the Society shall be paid. 

Section 9. A special fund may be created for any pur- 
pose by a majority vote of the members of the Board of Direc- 
tion present at a meeting specially called for that purpose, 
and approved by two-thirds of the votes cast by the Society 
by letter ballot. Such a fund shall be separately accounted for, 
and shall not be drawn upon except to meet the purpose for 
which it was created, and no bill properly chargeable to such 
fund shall be paid out of any other fund. 

Section 10. No money shall be transferred from one 
fund to another fund, except by the unanimous recommenda- 
tion of the members of the Board of Direction present at a 
meeting specially called for that purpose, and endorsed by 
two-thirds of the votes cast by the Society by letter ballot. 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS, their ELECTION AND DUTIES. 

Section 1. The Officers of this Society, named in Arti- 
cle VI of the Charter, with the exception of the Secretary, to- 
gether with the two Junior Past-Presidents, who continue as 
Resident Members, shall constitute the Board of Direction. 

Section 2. The President, Secretary and Treasurer shall 
each be elected annually for a term of one year. One Vice- 
President shall be elected each year for a term of two years. 



Section 3. No Officer of this Society, except the Treas- 
urer and Secretary, shall be eligible to re-election to the same 
office until one full term shall have elapsed after the expira- 
tion of his term of office. The Treasurer and Secretary shall 
be eligible to re-election indefinitely. 

Section 4. A Nominating Committee of five Corporate 
Members shall be appointed by the President at the regular 
September meeting of the Society. This Committee shall 
consist of one member of the last year's Nominating Commit- 
tee, one member of the Board of Direction, and three persons 
selected from the Society at large. No member of the Society 
shall serve upon a Nominating Committee for more than two 
successive years. 

Section 5. A notice shall be sent to all Corporate Mem- 
bers immediately after the appointment of the Nominating 
Committee inviting them to forward to the committee sug- 
gestions as to the candidates. The committee shall select a 
candidate for each of the offices of President, Vice-President 
and Treasurer; and two candidates for Directors, endeavoring, 
as far as possible, to distribute the selections among the differ- 
ent branches of the profession represented in the Society's 
membership, and shall report the same at the regular Novem- 
ber meeting of the Board of Direction. The Board shall at 
this meeting consider the eligibility of the nominees and pub- 
lish the list in the November Announcement. 

Section 6. Additional nominations may be made by any 
ten or more Corporate Members, and reported to the Board of 
Direction not later than the regular December meeting of 
the Board. 

Section 7. The eligibility of all nominees shall be fin- 
ally passed upon by the Board of Direction at its December 
meeting, after which ballots shall be printed containing the 
names of all eligible candidates, the names of the candidates 
for each office being arranged alphabetically, without dis- 
tinguishing marks other than herein provided for. Should 
there be any vacancies in the list of nominees the same shall 
be filled by the Board of Direction. 



Section 8. Election shall be by letter ballot. The 
printed ballot shall be sent to all Corporate Members at least 
ten days before the Annual Meeting. Each voter shall indi- 
cate his choice for each office by making a cross (X) opposite 
the name of the candidate voted for. The ballot shall then 
be placed in a l^lank envelope, sealed and then enclosed in an 
envelope addressed to the Secretary and endorsed with the 
voter's signatnre. A voter may withdraw his ballot and sub- 
stitute another at any time before the polls close. 

Section 9. Three tellers shall be appointed by the Presi- 
dent to canvass the ballots. The tellers, two of whom shall 
constitute a quorum, shall meet at the rooms of the Society 
at the time of the closing of the polls, which shall be at 12 
o'clock, noon, of the day of the Annual Meeting. 

The Secretary shall make a poll list of the qualified voters, 
a list of all Active Members in arrears, and, from the signa- 
tures on the outer envelopes, a list of those from whom ballots 
are received, and shall designate all names and mark all bal- 
lots about which they may be any question on account of any 
By-Law or rule of the Society. He shall then deliver to the 
tellers the poll list, the list of members in arrears, the list of 
voters from whom ballots have been received and the en- 
velopes containing the ballots. 

The tellers shall then proceed to publicly canvass the 
ballots as follows : 

A. All ballots shall be checked and all envelopes re- 
ceived from members not entitled to vote shall be rejected and 
returned unopened to the member voting. 

B. All outer envelopes shall be removed and destroyed. 

C. The ballot envelopes shall be opened and all irregular 
ballots rejected., 

I). The regular ballots shall be counted and a statement 
of the votes prepared and signed by the tellers. 

The result of the ballot shall be reported by the tellers at 
the Annual Meeting. A majority of all the legal votes cast shall 
be required to elect. If any candidate shall have failed to 



receive such a majority, then the meeting shall proceed to 
elect the officer from among the candidates for such office. 

Sectiox 10. No person shall be a candidate for more than 
one elective office in the Society at the same time. A member 
of the Board of Direction shall not retain his seat on the Board 
while a candidate for an office that will make him a member 
of the same, unless his term as a member of the Board is 
about to expire. 

Section 11. A Secretary shall be elected by, the Board 
of Direction at its first meeting after the Annual Meeting of 
the Society. His salary shall be fixed at the time of his elec- 
tion. He may be removed for cause at any time on one month's 
notice. A majority vote of all the members of the Board shall 
be required to elect or to remove. 

Section 12. A vacancy in the office of President shall be 
filled by the Senior Vice-President, a vacancy in the office oi* 
Senior Vice-President shall be filled by the Junior Vice-Presi- 
dent, and a vacancy in the office of Junior Vice-President 
shall be filled by the Senior Director, seniority being first by 
date of election as Director, second by date of membership in 
the Society and third by lot, if necessary. 

Section 13. In case of death, resignation, disability, oi 
neglect in the performance of. any duty by an officer of the 
Society, or absence from three succe"ssive meetings of the 
Board of Direction without sufficient excuse, the Board may 
declare said office vacant and fill said office, except as provided 
in Section 12 of this Article. 

ARTICLE VT. 

management. 

Section 1. The Board of Direction shall have the gen- 
eral management of the afifairs of the Corporation in conform- 
ity with its Charter and By-Laws. It may make rules, not 
inconsistent with the Charter and By-Laws^ to facilitate the 
handling of the business of the Society. It shall make an an- 
nual report to the Society, transmitting the reports of the 



Secretary, the Treasurer, the Committees and the Sections. 
Seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

Section 2. The Board of Direction shall publish in the 
monthly Announcement issued to the Society a report of the 
final action taken during the preceding month. Such published 
report shall without motion become the action of the Society 
unless an appeal be taken at the regular meeting immediately 
following such publication. 

The mode of such appeal from any action of the Board 
of Direction shall be as follows : 

The appeal shall be in the form of a petition signed by 
ten (10) Corporate Members; shall be presented at the regular 
meeting immediately following the above referred to publi- 
cation of the Announcement and shall state concisely and 
clearly the objections to the action of the Board. The subject 
shall thereupon become an order of Special Business at this 
meeting and after discussion shall be again referred to the 
Board for the report to the Society at the next meeting, at 
which time a vote shall be taken in the usual manner. 

Section 3. The President, Treasurer and Secretary shall 
perform the duties legally and usually attaching to their re- 
spective offices, and such other duties as may be prescribed by 
the By-Laws or the Board of Direction. The President shall 
be ex-officio a member of all Committees. He shall deliver 
an address at the Annual Meeting. 

The Treasurer shall invest all funds of the Society not 
required for current uses, under the supervision of the Board of 
Direction, and shall deposit all uninvested funds in the name 
of the Society in such bank as the Board of Direction shall 
select. H'e shall make such payments by check as are ap- 
proved by the Board, such approval having been certified by 
its presiding officer. 

The Secretary shall collect all moneys due, and have 
charge of all bills against the Society, and shall keep accurate 
books of account. He shall deposit all moneys of the Society 
received by him forthwith to the credit of the Society in the 

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bank selected by the Board as aforesaid. He shall also be 
ex-officio Secretary of all Sections and Committees. 

Section 4. The following standing Committees shall be 
appointed by the President, by and with the advice of the 
Board of Direction, to serve one year; each consisting of at 
least three members: Finance, House, Publication and Enter- 
tainment. 'J'he chairman of each committee shall be chosen 
from among the members of the Board of Direction. These 
conimittees shall report to the Board of Direction and perform 
their duties under its supervision. They shall make no ex- 
penditures nor contract any obligations for the Society without 
the consent of the Board. The chairman of each committee 
shall personally examine and vouch for all bills of that com- 
mittee. 

Section 5. The Finance Committee shall have immediate 
supervision of the accounts and financial afifairs of the Society. 
It shall make recommendations to the Board of Direction as 
to any financial business of the Society, and shall audit the 
Secretary's and Treasurer's accounts monthly and report to 
the Board. 

Section 6. The House Committee shall have charge of 
the real estate and quarters of the Society and all employes 
necessary for their care, recommend and install all improve- 
ments and additions to the same, and make a yearly inventory 
of the property and efifects of the Society. 

It shall have charge of the Library and the collections of 
the Society. 

Section 7. The Publication Committee shall have charge 
of the editing and publishing of the Proceedings, and of the 
contracts and expenditures connected therewith. It shall also 
have charge of the regular monthly meeting of the Society and 
shall provide papers therefor. It shall receive only such papers 
as in its judgment are acceptable and in harmony with the pur- 
pose of the Society. 

Section 8. The Entertainment Committee shall have 
charge of all social gatherings of the Society, arrange for and 
manage all excursions and the Annual Banquet. It shall ex- 

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tend the courtesies of the Society to visiting engineers and 
take such measures as will promote social intercourse among 
the members of the Society. 

Section 9. Special committees of the Society may be 
appointed on motion of a member, carried by a four-fifths vote 
of the members present at any meeting of the Society. If 
one-fifth of the members present shall so request, the motion 
shall first be referred to the Board of Direction. The Board, 
after making careful inquiry regarding the advisabilit}- of ap- 
pointing such committee, shall report back to the Society at 
the next regular meeting, at which meeting a majority voto 
of the members present shall decide. Such committee may, by 
a vote of the Society, be authorized to spend money for the 
special object for which they were appointed, but such ex- 
penditure shall be only made with the approval of the Board. 
Special committees shall be discontinued at the annual meet- 
ing unless reappointed. 

Section 10. Chairmen of Sections shall be ex-officio 
advisory members of the Board of Direction, but without the 
right to vote, and may have a voice in the discussion of mat- 
ters relating to their special work only. 

ARTICLE VII. 

MEETINGS. 

Section 1. An Annual Meeting shall be held on the third 
Tuesday in January at which all reports for the past year 
shall be read, election of officers for the ensuing year an- 
nounced and an address of the retiring President read. 

Section 2. The following order of business shall be ob- 
served at the Annual Meeting: 

(a) Reading of the minutes of the last Annual 
Meeting. 

(b) Annual report of the Board of Direction, including 
the reports of Standing Committees, Special Committees, Sec- 
tions, Treasurer and Secretary. 

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(c) Discussion of reports. 

(d) Annoiincenient of election of officers for the ensuinp^ 
year. 

(e) Address of retiring President. 

(f) Adjournment. 

Sectiox 3. Regular meetings for the reading and dis- 
cussion of professional papers, and for the transaction of gen- 
eral business, shall be held on the third Tuesday of every 
month, except the months of July and August. 

The following order of business shall be observed at the 
Regular Meetings : 

(a) Reading of minutes. 

(b) Report of the Board of Direction, including auxil- 
iary reports. 

(c) Announcements from the Board of Direction. 

(d) Unfinished business. 

(e) Special orders of business. 

(f) Papers and discussions. 

(g) Adjournment. 

Section 4. Special meetings of the Society may be 
called by the President, or by the Board of Direction, or by 
the written request of ten or more members, stating the ob- 
ject for which such meeting is called. Notices of special meet- 
ings shall be mailed to each member at least four days in ad- 
vance of such meetings, the notices to contain a statement of 
the purpose for which the meeting is called; and no subject 
not included in such call shall be acted upon at any such 
meeting. 

Section 5. Thirty members shall constitute a quorum at 
the Annual Meeting, and tw^enty members shall constitute a 
quorum at all other meetings of the Society. 

Section 6. In all questions arising in any meeting in- 
volving parliamentary rules, Roberts' Rules of Order shall be 
accepted as authority. 

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ARTICLE VIII. 

SECTIONS. 

Section 1. Sections for the study of and research in anv 
special branch of the Engineering profession may be formed, 
with not less than twenty members and as hereinafter pro- 
vided. 

Section 2. Such Sections shall, in all cases^ be named 
and styled ''The (name) Section of the Engineers' Society of 
Western Pennsylvania." 

Section 3. Those desirous of forming a Section shall 
submit to the Board of Direction a written application there- 
for, signed by ten or more Corporate Members, stating the 
reasons for their request and the object of the proposed Sec- 
tion. The Board of Direction, after full and careful considera- 
tion of the advisability of granting the request, shall, if ap- 
proved, make their report to the Society, and a vote shall be 
taken at a subsequent regular meeting after notice thereof 
has been sent to all the Corporate Members with the call for 
this meeting. A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary 
to grant the permission for the establishment of the requested 
Section. A failure to have said Section in full running order 
within three months, shall render the permission null and void 

Section 4. ]\Iembers of a Section must be members of 
the Society and members of the Society may become members 
of a Section by notifying the Secretary. 

Section 5. A Section may be abolished by a majority 
vote of the members of the Section at a meeting specially 
called for that purpose, or by a two-thirds vote of the Corpor- 
ate Members of the Society expressed by a letter ballot, upon 
recommendation of the Board of Direction. 

Section 6. Such Sections shall, in every respect, be con- 
sidered a part and parcel of the Society and be governed by its 
Charter and any By-Eaws or other rules that may be an- 
nounced from time to time, but shall have the right to formu- 
late and make additional rules for its own use and govern- 
ment, not inconsistent with the Charter^ By-Laws and rules 

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af^^resaid. The Sections shall report to the Board the same as 
the Standing Committees. 

Section 7. A Section shall be managed by an Executive 
Committee of live, two of whom shall be respectively the 
Chairman and A^ice-Chairman of the Section. They shall be 
elected at the Annual Meeting of the Section and shall hold 
office for one year. 

Section 8. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business at meetings of a Section. 

Section 9. If a Section and a kindred organization wish 
to meet together, the Board of Direction may grant them per- 
mission to do so, but all such meetings held in the Society's 
rooms shall be presided over by a member of the Engineers' 
Society of Western Pennsylvania. 

ARTICLE IX. 

amendments. 

Section 1. Proposed amendments to the By-Laws shall 
be reduced to writing and signed by at least ten Corporate 
Members and submitted to the Board of Direction, who shall 
report the same to the next regular meeting, together with 
their comments thereon, for discussion. As submitted, or as 
amended by the Society, the proposed amendments shall forth- 
with be submitted to the Corporate Members by letter ballot 
at least two weeks before the ballot is to be canvassed. 

Section 2. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the bal- 
lots cast shall be necessary for the adoption of any amendment. 

Section 3. Amendments so adopted shall take effect im- 
mediately, provided, however, that an amendment affecting 
the term of office or salary of any officer of the Society, or the 
amount of the annual dues, shall not take effect until the be- 
ginning of the next fiscal year. 



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